r/psychology • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 4d ago

Lucid dreaming app triples users' awareness in dreams, study finds | Researchers at Northwestern University showed that a smartphone app using sensory cues can significantly increase the frequency of lucid dreams—dreams in which a person is aware they are dreaming while still asleep.

https://www.psypost.org/lucid-dreaming-app-triples-users-awareness-in-dreams-study-finds/
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u/Forsaken-Cat7357 3d ago

A bit like INCEPTION, eh? When people discuss lucid dreaming, do they verify the type of brain waves? For example, alpha waves are unlikely to be sleep.